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Spring, oh spring! Where have you gone!? Last week we had some gorgeous days in the 70s and this weekend we got a foot of snow! What the heck!? Come back to me, spring!

In an effort to encourage spring weather to come back to me I decided to make my very first spring wreath! If you have been around LPH for any amount of time you may have already realized that I kinda have an obsession with wreaths {seen here, here, here, and here}. This time I decided to step outside of my comfort zone and go with a complete DIY. No wreath form or anything! Just stuff I had on hand. What did I come up with?? This gorgeous Paper Dahlia Wreath!

It really wasn’t hard to create at all. Time consuming? Yes. But not hard. And it’s final impact is totally worth the effort you put in!

Supplies:

Cardboard {I used a cereal box and cut it into an 8-inch circle}

Paper {I used 25-30 pages of 8.5×11 cardstock}

Hot glue gun

Scissors

Begin by cutting you paper in fourths. You don’t want the full pages. If you used the whole pages your wreath would probably be about 3 feed wide. I decided to use 1/2 sheet pieces of gray for the bottom layer. In hindsight, I should have cut them down as well. If you use 12×12-inch paper, cutting it in fourths is still the way to go.

Roll your cut paper into a cone, having a corner be the tip of the “petal”. Place a small dab of hot glue on the paper to keep it rolled in a cone shape.

Just keep rolling and hot gluing so that you have a mountain of cones. {P.S. don’t they kinda look like a fancy bouquet of paper flowers!?}

Take your cones and flatten and fold up the bottom 1/2-inch. Put a small amount of hot glue on the flattened part and place on the outside rim of your cardboard circle. For the first round, leave a small gap between cones.

Continue to fold, glue, and place the remaining cones, alternating their placement between the previous round’s cones. Glue each round closer to the center and not on top of the previous row’s flattened ends.

Keep adding your rounds until you reach the very center! I made the middle 4 cones slightly skinnier than the previous rounds but that is not necessary.

Voila! Now you’ve created a show stopping Paper Dahlia Wreath that is just perfect for spring!! Just glue a little ribbon the the back of the cardboard and hang that puppy up!

Has spring come to your town yet? Where are you and can you send it my way, please!?

Oooh pretty! Love the colors! You’re so lucky we don’t live closer together or this would be hanging on my door and you would have to make yourself another one 😉Britni recently posted..DIY Easter Coloring Pack

Hi! You were the link behind me at the Tutorials and Tips link party! I wanted to stop by to tell you how great your project is and to say hi! I actually just made a felt dahlia flower, so this is perfect! You did a great job! It is perfect for not only Spring, but Summer too!

Wow! I love the colors in this wreath! It is beautiful. Plus it is made of paper and I have a ridiculous amount of scrapbook paper I can use for this. Thank you for sharing such an amazing post! I just pinned 🙂 Krista @ http://ahandfulofeverything.blogspot.com/Krista Low recently posted..Make your Yeast Rise

OH MY WORD! This is simply stunning. And I can see the time consuming part but that WILL NOT scare me off of making this incredible wreath! The colours are perfect I LOVE everything about this wreath. CANNOT WAIT to make it!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing.Leslie K recently posted..Mini Hoop Art

This is fantastic! I’ve been needing to put something up on my door to replace the winter wreath I’ve STILL got up. This idea is perfect!! Thanks so much for sharing!!Jeannine @ The Concrete Cottage recently posted..In the Interest of Full Disclosure

The flower is really beautiful! This is an awesome project! I hope you will consider linking it up to the Pinworthy Projects Party over at my blog, Just Us Four.Shannah @ Just Us Four recently posted..BlogLovin’ Blog Hop

This is so pretty! And it’s one of my favorite color combinations too! I will definitely need to make this soon assuming I can find enough of the same colored paper! Found you from Love Grows Wild through the linky feature.

Hi Talitha!
I saw your beautiful wreath over at Tatertots & Jello and just had to stop by
to say I thought it was just gorgeous. The colors are especially fresh and pretty together. I’m going to make one this week. Thank you for the inspiration!
I love your blog..glad I found it!

I absolutely love this wreath, it’s beautiful. Quick question, how many pages of each color did you use? I’m having to go purchase the paper and would love to know before buying. Also, how wide is the completed wreath?

Thank you so much!! I used 9 pages of the gray {but should have cut it down smaller and gotten by with 5}, 9 pages of the darker pink, and 7 of the light pink! But I bought a 50 pack of paper that had those colors in it so it was cheaper than buying it separately! Also, it about 2 feet wide!

Wow…wow…this is stunning! I have to pin this, and I think I’m going to gather supplies and do one right now! I love it!!!!
Saw you sharing at Thrifty Decor Chic’s It’s the Little Things
Debbie 🙂Debbie recently posted..How To Re-pot Tropical Houseplants

I did make one last night, using your idea, but I used pages from an old dictionary I found at the thrift store. And used a heck of a lot more paper than you…I think I make the rolls too small. Oh well, it still looks great, thank you so much! When I post about it I’ll be linking to this post to give you credit.
Debbie 🙂Debbie recently posted..How To Re-pot Tropical Houseplants

Hi Talitha, I made a wreath using your idea and linked to this post giving you a shout-out in my post. Thank you for the inspiration! I did a more rustic version, but I hope you like it.
Debbie 🙂Debbie recently posted..Book Page Wreath

thank you so much for the detailed explanation about how to make these beautiful wreaths.. though i am sure it won’t come out quite as perfect as yours, but i will give it my best try…. I am so glad I saw this…. it truly is beautiful!!
and again, thanks…sue

This is beautiful…we have just done my daughters room in an English theme so I will try a red white and blue one…and a black cream and burgundy one for the main part of the house… 🙂 Thank you for the tutorial… 🙂

I am a latecomer to this tutorial but think it looks amazing. Was thinking you could do this in green and red colours, add some glitter or tinsel and it would make an alternate xmas wreath? Looking forward to trying it. x

Your “Paper Dahlia Wreath” is beautiful! Your instructions are great! I’m kind of short on spring. We live in Washington and we take sunshine when we can get it. Otherwise I would be happy to push some your way. Right now we have high winds and rain! Happy Spring Dawn

Ok, so I am super challenged when it comes to these types of things, but I love the look of this and may try to make it. However, it looks like as you get to the part of gluing on the inner flowers that it would be hard to get to the cardboard. Once the wreath starts to get “full” is it hard to glue the petals on? Thanks so much!

My mom loves fresh picked flowers – unfortunately we got a ton of snow these days and its her birthday tomorrow. Just found this wonderful idea of yours, you made my day!! Thanks Talitha, lots of greets from Austria 🙂 ^_^

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Thank you for such a fun project. I like the idea of making a 3 foot wide one to hang on the diningroom wall. I would use whole pages 12×12, what would you suppose the grey 1/2 sheets would be increased to?
Thanks again for sharing your creativity

This is the most original wreath I can recall seeing in a long time. It is so pretty and well within my means to buy supplies and make. Thank you for sharing instructions and making them so easy to understand.

We love your wreath! Just curious as to where you bought the two orange colored card stock from. We are not exactly sure what color the center orange is. Is it a coral color? If so, we have searched the web and can’t seem to find it anywhere.

The colors of this wreath are perfect for a room in my house. I know this post has been up a few years but do you know the colors of the “pinks”? I have been looking everywhere for coral and gray to make this. Thanks

I love this wreath and I think my elder crafts class would enjoy making it. I would like to ask when you cut the paper do you do so diagonally? And where can I purchase large amounts of card stock in different colors? I have about 10 people in my class.